Travel Time to Title X Facilities and Teenage Birth Rates in North Carolina.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In the United States, Title X facilities are understood to be an effective starting point for improving teenagers' reproductive health outcomes, including unintended pregnancy. We investigate geographic accessibility of Title X facilities and the relationship between geographic accessibility of Title X facilities and teenage birth rates in the state of North Carolina (NC).

Methods

Vehicular travel time from each ZCTA to its nearest Title X facility was calculated using a geographic information system and summarized as the indicator of geographic accessibility. We used bivariate and multiple spatial lag regressions to evaluate the relationship between ZCTA-level teenage birth rates (n = 754) in 2016 and geographic accessibility to a Title X facility, as well as soc

SUBMITTER: Bennett CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7747466 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature